Team Canada New Year's Eve Game

The World Junior Hockey Championship is played every year from December 26 to January 5, and is a major event on the sporting calendar for many Canadians. Every year Team Canada plays their final Round Robin game on New Year's Eve. In years when the tournament is played in Canada, large crowds attend the game. It is also broadcast annually by TSN (English) and RDS (French), attracting large audiences. In years that Canada and the United States are grouped in the same pool, the United States is usually Canada's opponent. If the tournament doesn't schedule games on New Year's Eve, such as in 2002 and 2005, Team Canada will play on December 30 instead.

List of Team Canada's New Year's Eve Games

Year	Date	Time (EST)	Venue	Host City	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Attendance
2000	Friday Dec 31, 1999	10:00am	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Skellefteå, Sweden	Canada	T 1-1	United States	596
2001	Sunday Dec 31, 2000	9:00am	Vityaz Ice Palace	Podolsk, Russia	Canada	W 8-4	Switzerland	1,300
2002	Monday Dec 30, 2001	1:00pm	Hradec Králové	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic	Canada	L 4-1	Finland	3,500
2003	Tuesday Dec 31, 2002	7:00pm	Halifax Metro Centre	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Canada	W 5-3	Finland	10,594
2004	Wednesday Dec 31, 2003	9:00am	Helsinki Ice Hall	Helsinki, Finland	Canada	W 5-2	Czech Republic	2,816
2005	Thursday Dec. 30, 2004	4:30pm	Ralph Engelstad Arena	Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States	Canada	W 8-1	Finland	9,697
2006	Saturday Dec 31, 2005	7:00pm	Pacific Coliseum	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Canada	W 3-2	United States	16,083
2007	Sunday Dec 31, 2006	7:00am	Ejendals Arena	Leksand, Sweden	Canada	W 3-0	Slovakia	1,434
2008	Monday Dec 31, 2007	12:00pm	ČEZ Aréna	Pardubice, Czech Republic	Canada	W 4-1	Denmark	1,158
2009	Wednesday Dec 31, 2008	7:30pm	Scotiabank Place	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Canada	W 7-4	United States	20,223
2010	Thursday Dec 31, 2009	8:00pm	Credit Union Centre	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Canada	W 5-4 SO	United States	15,171
2011	Friday Dec 31, 2010	4:00pm	HSBC Arena	Buffalo, New York, United States	Canada	L 6-5 SO	Sweden	17,761
2012	Saturday Dec 31, 2011	8:00pm	Rexall Place	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Canada	W 3-2	United States	16,647
2013	Monday Dec 31, 2012	9:00am	Ufa Arena	Ufa, Russia	Canada	W 4-1	Russia	7,988
2014	Tuesday Dec 31, 2013	11:30am	Malmö Isstadion	Malmö, Sweden	Canada	W 3-2	United States	3,882
2015	Wednesday Dec 31, 2014	4:00pm	Bell Centre	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Canada	W 5-3	United States	18,295
2016	Thursday Dec 31, 2015	1:00pm	Helsinki Ice Hall	Helsinki, Finland	Canada	L 5-2	Sweden	7,003
2017	Saturday Dec 31, 2016	3:30pm	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Canada	L 3-1	United States	18,584
2018	Saturday Dec 30, 2017	8:00pm	KeyBank Center	Buffalo, New York, United States	Canada	W 8-0	Denmark	8,671

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